Please don't panic.
Evacuate from this way, please.
Take your time and proceed.
About 30 minutes ago at 17:49,
Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Hotel Bolero 2nd Floor
On-site Command Hqtrs
Nakameguro Police Station got a call from a man believed to be the suspect.
Nakameguro Police Station. Are you reporting an accident? Or an incident.
You ready? Listen carefully.
Just now at Restaurant Bonheur in Hotel Bolero,
I took 26 people hostage.
- Hello? - We have two demands.
One, come up with 1 billion yen in cash within 2 hours.
And the other?
Let us talk directly to the prime minister.
With the prime minister?
Who the heck is this guy?
His identity is still unknown.
Body Hacker Japan
Headquarters
I've had my eye on
Kuryu-san since his days in the U.S.
Since I'm of the thought that
genome editing of humans is a form of transhumanism.
And so you recruited Kuryu-san as a researcher for your organization.
Although unfortunately, you were turned down.
Then one day,
I heard from Sawada-san of Lyden Group, of which I'm an investor,
that they were in need of an expert in genome editing.
Sawada?
I'm Sawada, Senior Manager of the Japan Branch of Lyden Group.
That guy, huh?
So I introduced Kuryu-san who had returned from the U.S.
to Lyden Group.
So? What about the Pax Project?
A strange rumor started going around at Lyden Group about 3 years ago.
A strange rumor?
That a research to reform criminals using genome editing was being conducted.
I had no idea that was the Pax Project.
Did you really know nothing?
Then why did Kuryu Sensei try to entrust you with the data?
I don't know. Maybe he thought it would be safe with me.
What do you mean?
I was contacted by Kuryu-san once.
He said if anything happened to him, there was something he wanted me to publicize.
Although I never did find out what that was.
Say...
I have a favor to ask.
The hostages are 6 restaurant staff members,
2 organizers of the matchmaking party, and 18 attendees, for a total of 26 people.
According to a text message that one of the hostages sent to a friend,
the perpetrator is wearing a fox mask and carrying a shotgun.
We don't know yet if he has other accomplices.
However, since contact's been lost after that,
it's highly possible that all cell phones and electrical devices have been confiscated.
Determine the identity of the perpetrator ASAP. Got that?
Yes, sir!
He's already been identified.
Miura Yuuki, 20 years old.
He's one of the attendees of the matchmaking party.
We've had our eye on this guy for some time now.
Miura Yuuki! He's indeed on the list.
Excuse me, but who are you?
I'm with the Public Security Bureau of the MPD.
My name is Tezuka.
On what grounds are you calling this man the perpetrator?
Miura has been repeatedly
committing political crimes, such as sending bomb threats to the Prime Minister's residence.
We also have testimony that he told his friend that
he was going to be causing big trouble in the near future.
And this is the list of things Miura had purchased recently.
Fox Mask
Fox mask.
The situation requires prompt action.
Please tell me the current status.
Certainly.
The crime scene is one floor below us, Restaurant Bonheur on the first floor.
There is a total of 26 hostages.
Ever since one of the hostages sent a text message to a friend,
there has been no contact with anyone in the restaurant. Currently,
we're working on getting security camera footage of the restaurant and the surrounding area
and moving quickly to deploy personnel around the restaurant.
Hasebe-san, isn't this department going to be eliminated?
What are you talking about out of the blue?
I mean, on top of Mogami-san being suspected of murder,
this case may even make us an enemy of Public Security,
Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, you know.
Well, it's true this is a first for me too.
But it's never gonna get eliminated so don't worry.
It may happen.
Unless this case gets solved.
We just have to do what we can to solve it.
Yes?
Kohhi, it's me.
Doctor!
I just borrowed a lab from Khan.
It looks like Kuryu Sensei was trying to figure out the cause of
violent outburst which was the flaw of the Pax Project.
But he was murdered before he could finish.
Sensei risked his life to leave this data behind.
I'm going to carry on with his wish.
What are the conditions that cause violent outbursts?
I'll identify the causing factors no matter what it takes.
All right. I'll leave that to you.
We'll continue to search for evidence on Tezuka...
The suspect has been identified in the previously reported hostage incident
that occurred in a hotel under the jurisdiction of Nakameguro Police Station.
Name, Miura Yuuki, age 20.
Approximately 30 minutes ago,
a male voice demanded from Nakameguro Police Station
1 billion yen in cash and a meeting with the prime minister.
There are 26 hostages. Their safety is currently under investigation.
A meeting with the prime minister? What is this guy thinking?
Miura Yuuki.
I've heard that name somewhere...
Starving Blood
Pandora's Fruit
Scientific Crime Investigation File
Just as I thought.
What's the matter?
This perpetrator is one of the test subjects of the Pax Project.
That's not good.
But if he was a test subject, he shouldn't reoffend...
Maybe that's one of Pax Project's flaws too.
Which means that there's a possibility
of this Miura guy going amok too.
You guys head over to the crime scene right away.
- I'll work things out with First Division. - Roger!
What the hell are you doing!
I'm sorry...
Get the hell back there!
All of you change into these now.
After I got all dressed up...
Just get moving!
What, what? Is it me?
Hey.
I'll be speeding so please be careful.
- You be careful, you hear? - Okay, okay.
Miura Yuuki.
Kamata Minami 8-chome Convenience Store Parking Lot Murder Robbery Incident
He had committed robbery and murder 3 years ago, huh?
There are 26 hostages in all.
If he goes amok like Bessho and Tsutsumi did,
there will be mass casualties.
We will have to do everything within our power to stop that.
"Saegusa Masuo"?
Why is he on here?
Alien Occult?
Alien Occult is your informant, isn't he, Chief?
So the matchmaking party was his something important to do.
He's a hostage?
Okuda, step on it!
I am! Can't you tell?
Why do you think he made us change clothes?
Isn't it camouflage to escape
after he gets hold of the ransom?
You know, they do it in movies all the time.
I see.
So is he trying to blend in with the hostages?
We have similar masks, don't we?
Hey! Who said you could talk!
Keep your mouth shut.
Sir, why are you so obsessed with Dr. Mogami?
It's because it may be realized if she returns to the world of science.
Realize what?
My...
no,
mankind's dream.
We still don't know what's going on inside?
All the security cameras were turned off.
We're working with the riot squad to find a way to get in while giving the highest priority to human life.
We have one hour until the time stipulated by the perpetrator!
We don't have time!
Who are you guys?
We're from the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office. We were called in for backup.
Hey, let them through.
Thank you, sir.
I've been briefed.
Are you sure Miura Yuuki is the perpetrator?
We got the information from Public Security.
- Public Security? Public Security is here? - Yeah.
By any chance, it he an investigator by the name of Tezuka?
How did you know?
Where's Tezuka now?
- He should be... - Huh?
He was there until just now.
Idiot. What is the top thinking!
Go, Tamaki!
Oh... Oh, yes, sir!
- Yamanaka! - Yes, sir!
Doctor. Apparently, Tezuka's here.
Tezuka? He came promptly to cover it up?
That's very likely. We'll pursue Tezuka.
I'll leave this on so you can tell what's going on over here.
Got it. Keep me connected.
- Let's go. - Where are we going?
To find Tezuka, of course.
What? The floor below us is the crime scene.
We're unarmed, you know. We should let the First Investigation Division handle...
I don't have the time to explain to them.
Chief, I'm not going.
Just because it's my job, this is definitely...
Ah, shoot...
- Sh~! - Sorry.
This is it. Kohhi, I found the factor that causes violent outbursts.
The PGO3 gene.
The gene that's said to control human instincts and impulses.
This gene was broken.
The Pax Project was an attempt to genome edit the MAO gene
which is associated with violent tendencies with the intent to reform criminals.
That, in itself, was a success, but due to the off-target effects,
this PGO3 gene was inadvertently damaged, diminishing its function.
And to the contrary, it made Bessho and Tsutsumi run amok.
But for one year after implementation of the Pax Project,
nothing happened.
There's probably something else that triggers the violent outbursts.
In other words, if that something can be avoided, violent outbursts can be prevented?
That's what I'm saying. I'll try to find out what that is.
Thanks.
I'm Tezuka with Public Security.
There he is.
- Good day, sir. - Hello.
Do not move until I give you instructions.
Yes, sir.
That guy...
That's the restaurant in there.
Don't tell me he's going in.... He is.
How did he know the passcode...
What should we do, Chief?
- I knew it. We're going, aren't we? - Let's go.
Are you all right?
I'm sorry. I feel a bit anemic.
It would be good if you could lie down.
But...
Hey, you.
Come here.
- Are you talking to me? - Yeah.
What are you planning to do?
I'm telling you to just come!
- Hurry up, you bastard! - Excuse me!
He doesn't seem to be feeling well.
Shall I go in his place?
What did you say? Who the hell are you?
I'm just a section chief at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Hey, you stop pretending to be a hero.
No, no, no...
If you don't wanna die right now, stay out of it!
Hey, you. Tie this guy to that chair.
- Hey! - Okay.
Sorry.
Hurry up and come here.
- Are things going as planned? - Yes, there's no problem.
Long time no see, huh?
Who are you?
I guess you wouldn't know who I am.
Although we've never forgotten about you.
If you remember who we are, we may consider saving you.
- Fox mask. - Are you serious?
That guy's Miura?
But why is Tezuka with the perpetrator?
They look like they're accomplices.
Then...
I guess you wouldn't remember my face either.
That's not Miura.
Then who is he?
This isn't making any sense.
- Put this on. - What?
Just put it on like I told you to!
Hey, wait!
Miura Yuuki was the hostage.
What's going on?
Hurry up and put it on!
Hey, this isn't looking good.
Miura.
Miura...
Tezuka himself was the bereaved family of a juvenile crime victim.
I see. So that's what it was.
What did he mean by that?
- I don't know. - Anyway, let's go.
- Anyway? - Who are you?!
Kohiruimaki.
- Don't come any closer. - Who are these guys?
- They're with Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office. - Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office?
Tezuka-san.
We know that you were complicit in the cover-up of the flaws of the Pax Project
and that you tried to frame Dr. Mogami for the murder of Kuryu.
But your real objective lies elsewhere.
It's revenge.
Revenge? What's that about?
3 years ago,
you lost your daughter when she got caught up in a robbery murder incident
committed by a juvenile, didn't you?
The culprit of that crime was Miura Yuuki.
Actually, there was one thing in Okuda-san's report
that had been bothering me.
It's a cafe geared towards young people that's become popular recently, and
according to the owner, Tezuka is a regular customer who comes in every week.
The reason you've been going to that cafe every week was because
Miura worked there.
In other words, you were watching him the whole time.
Miura Yuuki, the man who took your daughter's life.
The reason you used an accomplice to cause the hostage incident
wasn't to demand one billion yen or to talk to the prime minister.
You did all this in order to make a culprit out of Miura
who was attending this party.
That's why you had him wear the same clothes as the perpetrator, right?
So that you, a police officer, can lawfully kill Miura as the perpetrator.
I'm amazed you got this far.
Stand up.
It was 3 years ago
that this guy killed my daughter and that man's wife.
He didn't repent his crime at all.
There was no apology of any kind.
And yet, protected by Juvenile Law,
he returned to society in just a few years.
I wanted to kill him.
But I held back.
I received a letter, you see.
That letter was packed with words of remorse, and
it said that he's been working diligently for a year now.
I decided to find out if that was true or not.
Thank you.
Miura was working diligently.
I asked around, but no one had anything bad to say about him.
I also heard that he frequently uttered words of apology to the bereaved family.
"This guy is really repenting."
That thought
gave me a bit of a relief.
But after a while,
I heard a rumor about a top secret experiment called the Pax Project.
The first phase of that experiment, which was the administration of vaccine,
occurred exactly one year ago.
That was
around the same time he had mended his ways.
If this guy's remorse
didn't come from his heart, but was forced remorse
brought on by genome editing...
When I started thinking about that, I just had to verify that.
That's when
Lyden Group's Sawada, through my boss,
reached out to me.
Tezuka-san, I hear that you're an outstanding investigator.
I can count on your help, can't I?
The fact that this is an important matter for
you Public Security folks as well is...
I understand. And so?
A man named Kuryu Yoichi
is trying to expose the flaws of the Pax Project.
We've hired someone to keep him quiet.
We'd like you to clean up after that.
I have a condition.
Condition?
I'd like to see some documents.
Here's the promised documents.
I don't know what you're going to use it for, but make sure you handle it with utmost care.
MIURA YUUKI
The criminal correctional system
may be socially effective.
But you know, we, the surviving family,
don't want anything like that.
Hey, what are you going to do?
If he had repented sincerely, I may have considered forgiving him.
But what are you now?
"I turned into a different person with the help of science"?
"I've turned over a new leaf, so please forgive me"?
You think I'd be inclined to forgive a guy like that?
Huh?!
That's why I came up with this plan.
I'm sorry.
I'm truly sorry!
Your remorse is fake.
Just like the letters of apology your lawyer told you to write!
Those are letters I wrote myself.
Vaccine has nothing to do with it. It's my true feelings!
Please believe me!
My daughter was 6 years old.
At just 6 years old, her time was stopped.
Let me through, let me through.
Reina!
Forgive me, please.
I'll do anything, so please forgive me!
Then bring me back Reina!
Bring her here right now. I beg you!
I haven't even taught her how to ride a bicycle yet.
Reina could only ride a bike with training wheels.
That's why that day,
I promised I'd watch her practice after work again.
But you robbed Reina of everything!
I'm sorry.
I remember the look on your face that day!
That's the real you.
You're that unrepentant piece of shit!
Are you suffering? Huh?!
Don't you dare faint on us.
Just stay where you are and listen. I found out what triggers the violent outburst.
It's stress.
Normally, it's the radiation or chemical substances that cause mutation.
But extreme stress can have a similar effect.
Stress. That's why Bessho and Tsutsumi...
- How long are you gonna keep us waiting? - I'm sorry.
- Hurry up and let us through. - Please wait a while.
We're terribly sorry.
Someone's waiting for me. Hurry it up.
Haven't you been drinking too much water?
I'm a little nervous.
If that's the case...
He could run amok at any time.
Die and atone for it.
Tezuka-san, please wait a minute.
As a father myself,
I know exactly how you feel about the loss of your daughter.
If I was in the same situation,
I don't know what I would do...
But let me say this knowing fully well that it may sound like a high-sounding talk.
We are police officers.
We are police officers who should serve as law-abiding models for the citizens!
Is he dead?
Hurry up and get out...
Suspect captured!
Saegusa, run!
Senpai?
Okuda!
Is everyone okay?
Yes.
The hostages are all safe.
- I'll leave that to you then. - Yes, sir.
Okuda, that was thank you good team.
- Huh? What's that supposed to mean? - It's okay.
You okay?
Yes. I owe you one again.
- I didn't do anything. - No.
Thank you.
When we were being held hostage, he looked like he wasn't feeling well.
But yet...
He's a victim too.
The man who was his accomplice admitted to all the crime.
As you thought, it seems the objective of
this hostage incident was for Tezuka to make Miura the culprit and lawfully kill him.
What about the Pax Project?
The submission of the bill has been shelved.
As for the remaining 22 who received the treatment,
the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will be strictly monitoring their progress.
So that brings the case to a close?
I have no choice. It's an order from the top.
As long as Public Security, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are involved,
in regards to the Pax Project,
we can't bring the matter before the court.
But there's still the Lyden Group.
As for them, there was a separate official notification.
It said, "They are not subject to investigation, so leave them alone.“
Not subject to investigation?
I know very well that it's crazy too.
But we're part of an organization too.
Endure it for now!
You're useless.
And therefore, the investigation is closed.
That's not right, is it? They tried to pin the crime on Mogami-san,
yet how is it that the real bad guys don't get caught? Chief.
Okki.
Kohhi feels the same way too. I'm sure.
- Then... - It can't be helped.
Things like this happen.
I can't accept it.
I decided to be a police officer so that I could catch bad guys.
Yeah, you're right.
I'm going to do whatever it takes
to expose Lyden Group's wrongdoings.
- Whoa, that's a bold statement. - I'm serious!
- You're not being objective at all. - Excuse me?
I'm objective at all times.
You'd better search the meaning of objective first.
Are you mocking me?
- Sorry, I am, a little. - Huh? Annoying!
Did you say annoying?
Yes, I did. I'll say it again and again.
Annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying!
What's wrong?
There's something that's been bothering me.
- You can't say that. - I can too say it. Annoying.
- You've crossed the line there. - Annoying.
I heard you gave shelter to Dr. Mogami when she was on the run.
I knew that Dr. Mogami would never kill someone.
May I ask you one question?
Go ahead.
You knew from the beginning
what was involved in the Pax Project.
Isn't that why
you introduced Kuryu-san to Lyden Group?
You must be kidding. That's not true at all.
I'm not affiliated with them or anything.
May I ask you something too?
How do you feel about the birth of "a new breed of humans"?
"A new breed of humans"?
Genome editing is a technology that has all kinds of hidden potential.
Tall in stature, muscular, make the mind smart,
resist illnesses, prolong the life span.
It can customize human beings at will.
Anymore, this
should be called "a new breed of humans."
The time when the existence of
such humans becomes commonplace is almost here!
Don't you think so?
- Alien Occult, how long are you going to be here? - What?
It's already nighttime!
- Oh my! - Don't say things like that.
Saegusa-kun took time to come visit us, you know.
Then~ I'll play with you. Just a minute, okay?
Okay~. I'll be waiting.
Senpai.
You're not going to let it end like this, are you?
Eh?
I'll look into anything. Please tell me.
Are you sure? You're going to be treading on dangerous ground.
I'm fully aware of that.
We were connected by a seil, remember?
What's a seil?
Please excuse us. We're having a man-to-man talk.
- Huh? - It's a rope used for mountain climbing.
A rope? Like a lifeline?
Yes. These two were in the mountaineering club.
They've been buddies ever since.
Really!
Mother, you've become quite familiar with mountaineering terms.
Although I have yet to climb a mountain.
- Alien Occult! - Ow, ow, ow! Huh? What?
- I'm going to beat you up! - W-wait, Watch out!
Watch out, watch out. Don't run, Sera.
- Did Sera-chan go to sleep? - Yes, she's sound asleep.
What are you looking at?
In Kuryu Sensei's analysis data, there was a hidden folder of a video.
Video?
We got rid of Kuryu.
Yes.
As instructed...
we're going to bring in Mogami and get the process started on framing her.
We'll let Tezuka handle that process.
Isn't this...
When you try to delete data from Kuryu Sensei's computer,
looks like it's been programmed to automatically start recording.
What did you do?
I programmed it so that if someone tries to delete my data without my permission,
the computer's built-in camera is activated and it records automatically.
He emulated my prank.
Gotta say he's on the ball, my mentor.
Yes. Thanks to him, we know who the culprits are.
These are the guys who killed Kuryu Sensei and abducted me.
Let's catch them for sure.
These men and whoever is behind them.
Lyden Group's
Sawada Katsuya.
The guys from the Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office are sniffing around. Be careful.
When I see that child, I'm reminded
of the time I crossed the line I shouldn't have crossed.
This is obviously a cover-up tactic.
- Can you allow this to happen? - Of course I can't allow it.
The Scientific Crime Countermeasures Office is the only one who can move.
Find the evidence no matter what.